Our parents love us unconditionally but this unconditional love comes with a lot of drama and a long list of must-follow rules, especially if you have desi parents. Desi parents can be kind of over protective, strict and not-so-liberal by nature. And there is nothing we can do about it! So here’s what happens when you grow up with not-so-liberal desi parents:

1. Your dad is the monarch of the house! “My house, my rules!” – this is your dad’s favourite dialogue!

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2. You need a week to plan how you are going to ask for permission to go for that lunch plan with your friends.

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3. You only ask for something big when they are in a good mood but their mood changes as soon as you put forward your request

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4. You are constantly bombarded with questions like;

Where are you going? Who are you going with? When will you come back? How will you go? What will you do?

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5. You have the earliest curfew amongst all your friends – even when you’re 25!

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6. Sleep overs are completely and irrevocably out of the question because your parents do not know your friend’s family well enough – ever.

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7. When your friends come over to your place, you ask them to keep it down because you don’t want your parents to know what y’all talk about

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8. Your parents judge all your friends and believe they are ALL a bad influence

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9. Your parents have rules for everything; from TV timings to what you can wear –they have it all covered

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10. You just CAN’T watch anything even close to PDA on TV in the presence of your parents!

11. You have restricted your parents on social media because everything you do on social media is held against you.

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12. Dating or even being friends with the opposite gender is a NO NO!

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13. Smiling whilst texting someone means you have a boyfriend/girlfriend. If you dress up for university/work, you are going on a date

14. When you crack a joke and they don’t get it or worse – they get offended!

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15. When an “adult” joke comes up out of nowhere and you can’t even laugh because your parents are around.

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16. You need to ask for their permission for getting something as small as a piercing done!

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17. Choosing a career is more like fulfilling their commands – democratic dictatorship.

18. When you tell them that they are too conservative, they remind you of every single time they gave you permission to go for things!

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19. You can NEVER lock the door of your room because there is literally NO such thing as privacy!

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20. And there are times that you get sick of all the rules and try becoming a rebel

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21. Only to face more drama:

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22. But when you grow up, you realise that all your parents were trying to do was their best to protect you and help you become a better person

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It’s only because of those flying chapals and never-ending taunts that you have grown up to be a responsible and independent adult! Liberal or not-so-liberal you parents love you the most and they will do anything for you! Make them proud and HAPPY!

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Muhammad Azeem said

The very first thing that strikes me going through these points is that these belong to a some alien society and culture. Some of these may also apply to our society. on the whole it gives a picture of a society other than us.

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The very first thing that strikes me going through these points is that these belong to a some alien society and culture. Some of these may also apply to our society. on the whole it gives a picture of a society other than us.